Ornamental suspender-buckle.



E. N. HUMPHREY.

ORNAMENTAL SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

94,0940 Patented Feb. 1,1910.

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HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA-TION.

ORNAMENTAL SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 19M.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST N. HUMPI-IBEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOrnamental Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ornamental suspender buckles,and the objects of my improvements are to provide efficient and reliablemeans of securing the ornament to the buckle.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of anornamental suspender buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe same with the clamping member turned 90 degrees from the positionshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the same with the clamping memberturned 180 degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view on the line :0 a: of Fi 1. Fig. 5 is a development of theblank for the plate of the clamping member shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a different style of ornament from thatshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4:, with the location of the holding meansindicated by dotted lines. Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of otherstyles of ornaments.

A is the body member of a suspender buckle of any generally well knownform on which is mounted by hinge joints 10 a swinging clamping member Bof which the clamping member proper comprises, all integral and made outof a piece of sheet metal, a finger plate 11, hinge lugs 12, and aclamping jaw 13, all of well known form.

As shown in Fig. 1 the buckle parts are in normal position for clampingthe webbing, not shown. In this position said finger plate 11 hangsdownward from the said hinge joints 10, and would expose a generallybroad fiat surface to the front, except for the ornament C which ismounted on the front face 14: of the same in a manner as will beherewith described. The said ornament C may be a slab of pearl, stone,or other material suitable for ornament and embellishment, having agenerally flat back surface and a front surface likewise generally flat,with the edges square or rounded, as may be desired, and having a shapegenerally in conforinity to that of the said finger plate 11 which initself may be shaped to suit the fancy of the designer. In other words,the said ornament G covers the front face 14 of the finger plate 11. Asa means of mount ing the said ornament C on the said finger plate 11 Imake use of an eyelet rivet connection D comprising an eyelet rivet 15,the body 16 of which passes through a hole 17 in the said finger plate11, the foot 18 of which is received in a circular recessed socket 19 inthe back face 20 of the said ornament C, and having the outer end headedover to form the rivet head 21 bearing against the back face 22 of thesaid finger plate 11. The said eyelet rivet connection D answersgenerally as a means of securing the said ornament C on the front face14 of the said finger plate 11 of the clamping member B, but in view ofthe fact that the said finger plate 11 is subject to considerablehandling, even under normal conditions of usage, I find it advantageousto supplement the said eyelet rivet connection I), particularly with aview to cooperate with the same to resist any tendency to rotate thesaid ornament C on the said rivet connection D as a pivot, and

for this purpose I provide suitable auxiliarylugs 23, shown in Fig. 1 astwo in number. The said auxiliary lugs 23 are formed integral with thesaid finger plate 11, as shown in the view of the blank for the clampingplate B in Fig. 5, and are bent up at right angles to said plate so asto bear against the lateral edges of the said ornament C.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the finger plate 11 and the ornament G areessentially of the same shape and size and are shaped somewhat like thesegment of a circle, with corners cut off, the chord forming thestraight and horizontal upper edge and the arc of the circle the loweredge, the eyelet rivet connection I) located essentially in the centerof the body of the figure, and the lugs 23, integral with the said plate11, and bent forward so as to bear against the bottom edges of the saidornament C, one on each side, near the outer lower corner. This is thepreferred arrangement for the particir lar style of ornament shown anddescribed. In Fig. 6 a generally similar arrangement is shown as thatdescribed, adapted to a different shape of ornament C, the location ofthe eyelet rivet connection D and auxiliary lugs 23 being indicated bydotted lines. As the object of the said auxiliary lug 23 as deanornament C having parallel top and bottom sides 25 and rounded ends 26,the lug bearing against the bottom edge 25 at the center. Whether one ormore of the said lateral auxiliary lugs 23 23 are used, the function ofthe same is as described to resist any tendency to rotary motion of theornament G, and such tendency is effectively resisted by the said lugson account of the relative remoteness of the same from the said eyeletrivet connection D.

I claim as my inventioni V 1. In a suspender buckle, a clamping leverplate provided with an ol'fi'iamental plate on its front face, means forsecuring said ornamental plate generally on said front face comprisingan eyelet rivet and supplementary means for preventing relative rotarymotion comprising an upturned lug on said lever plate in contact Withthe edge of said ornamental plate.

2. In a suspender buckle, a clamping lever plate provided with anornamental plate on its front face, means for securing said ornamentalplate generally on said front face and supplementary means forpreventing relative rotary motion comprising a lug on said lever platebearing against the edge of said ornamental plate.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY.

STANLEY PARKER.

